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« on: June 02, 2017, 12:25:23 AM »
There were several parts of this that made very little sense, and it hadn't been the time jumping demons that had suddenly come out of no where to put Jay in a universe where the fight between the two giants had begun, instead the part that confused Athos was how Jay had managed to trick himself into thinking he could dodge Athos' punch. It wasn't because Athos was claiming to still trump over a full strength/speed Jay, though that would likely still be the case. No, what made no absolute sense was Jay's claim to suddenly gaining access to his restraints because Athos hadn't emoted his action, yet Athos hadn't emoted doing either of his Deadzones because, as Jay went through the trouble of jumping to a universe where Athos' moves had continued, and the Nara had made no comment about that. The first Deadzone, when Jay appeared, had been released as originally planned and then even the Second Deadzone, all of which had been done with Jay saying anything but the action that had been between those two, the second out of three actions, had been called out and confused with.
With that, Jay had used the one thing that stopped him from being killed by Athos, or he would have if what Jay had been trying to do made any sense. Like Athos was still skull crushed by a Jay who determined his path was right, the Jay that had thought he escaped Athos' grasp would be obliterated by his punch. Again, not because Jay was supremely outclassed in his 'awakened' state but because his logic, OOCly, failed to make sense. So while Jay saw a world where he had sidestepped a move that had an extended range and could carve away mountains, in reality the force of the blow met the back of Jay and the man's life was quickly brought to an end. All of the blood that had been stuck in Jay was stretched across the once white Canvas of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and with that Athos would've been decided the winner.
But then it happened, from somewhere in the endless chamber, a portal through time ripped open and in the process of this all, came forth a Yellow and Red Streak of lightning, Athos' eyes barely able to keep up as it all came into view.
How long had it been, how long had they been fighting? It was honestly too hard to say, but they had been fighting all over time. No place had been safe from their battle, as they once again exited the Speed Force and into a seemingly white oblivion, the man cloaked in red felt his feet almost lose traction behind him. If there were objects in this realm, anything that was moving, the man's eyes would see all of it as though it was happening in the slowest of motions, but there was nothing. What was this place? As they raced around, there was seemingly nothing in this white space... Except, what was that? It was clear that as they moved, there was towering figure that was more than hurt, with a splay of blood that stretched in front of him. What was up with that? It made no sen- But that was when a punch connected with his Jaw, smacking him out of his forward motion and sprawling him onto the ground.
As they left the Speed Force, there was a feeling of both anticipation and anger as they moved. This was it, it had to be, because both of them were starting to reach their ends. Even as a speedster, they had their limits and even as unreachable as they originally seemed, both of them were seeing their ends slowly coming up. This was just another universe throughout the Multi-verse that they would taint with their fight but already by entering, the man cloaked in yellow could tell there was something different about the place they had just entered... But they, for just a moment, he saw that The Flash had taken his eyes off of him for a moment but instead of worrying about what exactly his enemy had seen, he took the moment to connect a swift punch across his jaw,"You're a damned fool, Barry Allen. Keep taking your eyes of me and you-" Of course, that was when the man speaking had his eyes fall onto the odd figure of Athos. He wasn't intimidated but it was definitely once of the weirder sights that saw during their fight, then something hit his ribs, strong and hard.
Barry Allen refused to lose this fight, even as he came to a tumbling stop. His eyes found the infamous Reverse Flash, bearing the usual outfit that he did, and caught the moment that he was distracted by the same sight Barry had been. So that was when he moved as quickly as he could and tackled the man with his full force, bringing the two of them into a violent rumble and roll across the tiles,"Thawne, I'll end you! I won't, no, I can't let you win!"Perhaps it was desperation that flowed through his veins as his fists rained down on Eobard. He was angry, that was an understatement, but the feeling of anger had slowly started to fade. They rolled and tumbled before Thawne finally managed to get a leg between them and separate them, giving them both a second to finally get back on their feet.
Meanwhile, Athos who had just won a fight that his life had depended on, watched in amazement. Even with his eyes and enhancements, he was lucky to catch more than a few blurred afterimages as the two seemingly zoomed around. He saw the two streams of lighting that each person produced and the energy that flowed each time one of their punches connected. He felt the pressure starting to build up in the room around them as he watched them fly around in a battle of life and death. The feeling that was leaving them and building in this room, that was seemingly endless, was starting to build every second that seemed to pour out their power. He couldn't see it or even sense it, so it was clear that whatever it was that was giving them this power, and also filling the room, was not of this world. The pressure in the room caused Athos' ears to pop faintly before the crackling of lightning could be heard.
Small tears in what seemed to be reality started to form, showing Athos an amount of worlds he never thought possible. There was one where he saw Jay and himself getting much, much too friendly for two people who shared a bond almost equal to that of Father and Son, and another where Athos was sitting behind a desk. It wasn't a desk in a Kage office but some type of work block, where he adjusted glasses on his eyes and seemed to be typing away at, what Tobias had called, a computer. Endless possibilities began to form and blind the man, stunning and dazzling him.
After managing to get Barry off of him, the two of them had been at it again. The Speed Force flowed through them as they ran around the endless abyss, neither one able to find a way out. No matter how you looked at it, this room was completely sealed for the single building they could see. But neither one of them would let the other actually make it to the door, leading in them both being stuck here. As they connected blows, The Reverse Flash was planning his next escape into the Speed Force again. But the excess energy that was feeding off of two speedsters was starting to build in this room, which seemed to have a weird effect on time and space. Because of this, a lot of energy was being left behind as they moved and Thawne felt the tears in reality forming,"Do you feel that, Flash? Another world falling because of your greed!"
Of course Barry felt the way the Speed Force was seemingly starting to 'fill' this world, as well as the effects that it was having. But the man saw no other forms of life, just the extremely tall figure that seemed to be stupefied by their appearance. He may not be able to defeat Thawne by conventional means but if he could trap Thawne here, just long enough for whatever was happened to actually happen, then it would solve all of his issues,"This is your fault, and I'll make sure you burn in the hell you create Thawne!" Barry couldn't stop moving though because even a second and Thawne would escape and that was what he had to stop, no matter what. He couldn't simply allow the murderer of so many to escape again, but even if Thawne did leave, Barry would chase him until this was over.
It was actually the blood that Athos had turned Jay into that caused Thawne to think up a dastardly plan, the only one that would've made any sense, at least partially. With banter would he take Barry's attention as they closed in towards Athos, also hoping to give The Flash the impression that he was going to try and take the innocent bystander's life. With all of these distractions, he had hoped the man would follow,"Then I'll just make you watch me kill another innocent person!"
And Barry took the bait, pushing himself a bit further and faster as he tried to catch up to Thawne... Only catching wind of his dastardly plan as his feet stepped into the crimson that was left behind, causing the traction of his feet to fail for only half a second but that was the only wiggle room that the Reverse Flash needed.
And with that, Eobard Thawne would change his running path slightly and instead run past Athos, tearing open the Speed Force and entering it, leaving this realm to it's fate.
Barry Allen had only faltered for a small amount of time, not even a whole half second after his arch-enemy had left this realm, Barry had done the same and just as fast as they had come, they had come.
Athos was sure that he was going to die, seeing there was no way he was going to be able to keep up with the speed of these... These... Super.. Humans. With no way to actually counter this attack, or any idea what their powers even were, Athos was just going to die... But then he felt the pressure of something opening behind his back, but as that happened, he felt the pressure that had been increasing in the room come to a thunderous climax. The tears he saw before shattered and the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, a room that was meant to be separated from both Time and Space but had just been violated by both of them, would give way. The power that came from whatever had been fueling those two would cause the room to fall out of time.
Athos felt his body shift, then everything in the room, slowly as if it was starting to spiral in a sort of storm. He watched the lightning spark and flow, tearing up the white tiles of the room that had not even been chipped by either Athos nor Jay, as well as the only exit from the room. He was being absorbed upwards, it seemed, as though he was flying... Everything was white and this was it... He was dead.
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But then he was falling, falling downwards. Nothing was working except his eyes, not his chakra or any of his powers, but he fell towards the ground... At least he'd assume, because for awhile he would only see endless white, like he had before. But then he slowly saw things coming into view, first it would be the small visage of the dwelling that had let people enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, followed by two small specs that were... Him and Jay? What was happening? This didn't seem right but he watched as the fight slowly reached the same point where Athos had originally won, but in this realm Athos watched as Jay somehow managed to legally activate and release his restraints...
But as that happened, Athos fell into the battle. Originally, the man would've fallen in front of where Jay would've been obliterated but in this realm, Jay had been able to dodge and instead, for a single moment the Athos and Jay of this realm would see a second Athos... Before the force of this realm's Athos would punch forward and obliterate the Winning Athos and create a horrible blood splatter across the ground. With that, the original Athos had died and things pick up.
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What the hell had just happened? Right before Athos had activated his Deadzone, Jay had just barely managed to release his restraints and give him exactly what he needed to dodge the death blow. But in his place, Jay's that is, seemed to be Athos. And while the man would've loved to say that it was just an illusion but there was definitely blood there of the man, left behind... But that was no longer important because without even missing a beat, Athos would be back in the fight with Athos.
Now Jay had assumed that he had forced Athos to access his full power and that it should mean something but that made little sense, seeing as Saitama had no reason to show Genos his full power, besides simply letting his student see it. And showing his limits. Athos had been doing something like that, being honorable and deciding to let his student see some of the strength he never got to see, but to think his student would've tried to use such a detail against him was just silly. Though it mattered very little, seeing as even with both of their restraints now released, it was still clear who was in charge of this fight. Why was it obvious? Because despite what Jay had thought, he was still lacking both of his arms, especially his right seeing it had just been removed. It probably wasn't nearly as threatening as Jay wanted it to be, waving his stump of an arm around in a come hither motion, but it was still the same.
Seeing as Jay would only have his legs, this fight was about to become very one sided, but it also meant that the plan for fighting Jay was simple. Athos would've moved forward to close some distance between them, challenging Jay to dodge his attacks. Athos wasn't using his full speed or strength but he aimed to throw a set of 85% combos at Jay, but with Athos actually aware of Jay's speed, the Nara wouldn't be able to dodge them as easily as he had before. Of course, this didn't mean he'd suddenly hit Jay and the Nara have no chance but this definitely meant the man wouldn't hit any afterimages.
The first set of blows that would come would be that of the a simple combo, the old one, two, three. His right hand came first towards a blow for Jay's face, aiming to crash against the left side and blow his head away. There was no arguing that Jay had speed but also confirmed that this fight was to the death, especially by bringing Bocchiere's name into it, but he bit back that rage. He wasn't the first person to pull that card and many had been doing it for decades, his own first born son included. No, it stung coming from Jay maybe, but he was too into this fight to actually feel that. The second punch in the combo came from his right but his left came forward, like it was going to punch, before his right would've shot forward quickly for a jab. Now, the Jab wouldn't actually be enough to kill Jay but enough to shatter his nose, possibly cause a concussion and made Jay see stars. It would be followed up but a third, separate blow that would actually come from his left hand. This would've come from underneath, aiming to strike Jay clear in his chin, stunned or not, aiming to blow it upwards and cause a rain of crimson to come down, made of his head and coming from his neck. Something told Athos none of those would've killed him, but he wanted to test his student further, going at him with the full intent to kill him...
Of course, Athos had an actual plan, as well. At the end of the last one, he would've stepped forward strongly and slammed his foot down. He would've done was put about 85% of his strength into his foot and brought it down onto the ground roughly, with explosive force. As it's been stated before, though, the tiles in this room weren't able to be destroyed but it would also go to note that this wasn't because they absorbed force, they essentially just deflected it. This meant that all the force that Athos had put downwards would explode outwards inside, similar to how a Shinra Tensei worked but not in the same controlled way. The force that left Athos would only reach things four feet and below, though it still carried the force to rock and crush mountains as it did so. This, of course, meant that Jay would either have to jump over the force or take it full force, which would be enough force to bend both his knees back and break his legs, leaving him without a way to fight.
Of course, given that Jay was hopefully in combat with Athos, it would be likely that he was struck by the force and lost both of his legs. At the same time, if Jay was to managed to dodge, even with his speed, the force would strike him if he tried to move any other direction besides upwards.
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